reveal
to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
to lay open to view; display; exhibit.
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
Architecture.
the part of the jamb of a window or door opening between the outer wall surface and the window or door frame.
the whole jamb of an opening between the outer and inner surfaces of a wall.
the framework or edge of an automobile window.
Origin of reveal
1synonym study For reveal
Other words for reveal
Opposites for reveal
Other words from reveal
- re·veal·a·ble, adjective
- re·veal·a·bil·i·ty, re·veal·a·ble·ness, noun
- re·veal·ed·ly [ri-vee-lid-lee, -veeld-], /rɪˈvi lɪd li, -ˈvild-/, adverb
- re·veal·er, noun
- re·veal·ing·ly, adverb
- re·veal·ing·ness, noun
- re·vel·a·tive [ri-vel-uh-tiv, rev-uh-ley-], /rɪˈvɛl ə tɪv, ˈrɛv əˌleɪ-/, adjective
- half-re·vealed, adjective
- non·re·veal·ing, adjective
- pre·re·veal, verb (used with object)
- self-re·vealed, adjective
- un·re·veal·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·vealed, adjective
- un·re·veal·ing, adjective
- un·re·veal·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use reveal in a sentence
One of the more surprising and radical reveals of the night was the idea of a “structural battery.”
Tesla lays out path to an electric car cheap enough for most people | dzanemorris | September 23, 2020 | FortuneTesla is welcoming in-person visitors to its Fremont factory on Battery Day, apparently hoping to show off its new manufacturing process and other big reveals in person.
What Tesla’s Battery Day might reveal: Project Roadrunner, Model S Plaid, and more | dzanemorris | September 21, 2020 | FortuneAs the reveal of the Hummer approaches, the company is opening up about other aspects of its new BEV brigade.
This is GM’s new series of Ultium Drive electric motors | Jonathan M. Gitlin | September 17, 2020 | Ars TechnicaIn the run-up to the big reveal, Musk has allowed some glimpses at the company’s technology.
Elon Musk’s brain company plans a big reveal on Friday. Here’s what we already know | Verne Kopytoff | August 27, 2020 | FortuneMost of the words that follow aren’t necessary to see why the reveal of Unreal Engine 5, an Epic Games video game graphics engine set for release in 2021, blew up the internet last week.
Epic Games’ Insane Video Game Graphics Demo Explained in Simple Terms | Aaron Frank | May 24, 2020 | Singularity Hub
If the ball gets in the hole, the screen shifts to reveal the next hole.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art | Alec Kubas-Meyer | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTKing agreed to this arrangement but did not reveal it to his followers.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAromas reveal more with the warmth, while the cold dulls them.
Those same studies unsurprisingly reveal widespread distrust of police officers among sex workers.
To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show | Samantha Allen | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis reveal is only the latest of several surrounding The Interview.
Sony Emails Show How the Studio Plans to Censor Kim Jong Un Assassination Comedy ‘The Interview’ | William Boot | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEdna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinIn both conditions chemic tests will show hemoglobin, but in the latter the microscope will reveal the presence of red corpuscles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddA fearsome thunderstorm or howling tornado of dust might reveal her fickleness of mood at any moment.
The Red Year | Louis TracyAfter this Aristide learned much of her simple history, which she, at first, had been too shy to reveal.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeIn that sudden awakening had occurred the very psychological climax required to reveal the passionate emotion accumulated below.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for reveal
/ (rɪˈviːl) /
(may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to disclose (a secret); divulge
to expose to view or show (something concealed)
(of God) to disclose (divine truths) either directly or through the medium of prophets, etc
architect the vertical side of an opening in a wall, esp the side of a window or door between the frame and the front of the wall
Origin of reveal
1Derived forms of reveal
- revealable, adjective
- revealability, noun
- revealer, noun
- revealment, noun
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